CivicLex established a K-12 program to educate students about their local government and promote civic engagement within their Lexington community. The program included civic action workshops, a comprehensive civic curriculum, and expos where students could interact with local community organizations and public officials.
The investigative coverage of the closure of the Chuckawalla Valley State Prison was intended not only to help amplify the work being done by the residents of Blythe but also to ensure that there would always be someone watching what was happening and checking in on this ongoing situation.
Prisoncast! is a radio program for incarcerated people inside Illinois prisons and their families and loved ones on the outside. It is a request show, asking families and incarcerated folks for audio requests, musical preferences, and other topics they want journalists to cover. Currently, it is produced by WBEZ and Illinois Public Radio.
To support the thousands of new immigrants arriving in New York City, Documented adopted a people-centered approach to reporting, providing vital information on housing, food, and legal aid through Spanish-language WhatsApp and website services.
Borderless launched a pilot initiative to meet its communities where they’re at by using Spanish-speaking canvassers to spend 12 weeks engaging with Latino community members in different neighborhoods each week to hear about how the magazine could better serve the people.
TBIJ investigated cigarette advertising near schools in Lima, Peru, as a part of their Global Health project implementing domestic legislation prohibiting outdoor advertising of cigarettes within 500 meters of schools.
WUWM’s 2022 Voter Guide serves as an educational resource for voting-aged Wisconsinites, providing comprehensive information during election seasons, filling gaps for local political races, addressing questions about candidates, guiding voters on the voting process.
The Marshall Project examined who is electing judges in Cuyahoga County and the track records of those judges. They also looked at who was facing charges in county courts and who was repeatedly cycling through the courts on new charges.
CapRadio produced the After The Assault participatory journalism project to investigate what the aftermath of sexual violence is like for survivors by sharing power over how their stories are told.
Through collaborating with media partners, Outlier focused on outreach efforts to make information about voting accessible for Detroit residents. The guide was ultimately made for and by community members.
In an attempt to show how issues with Title IX persisted, and a lack of reformed response to how colleges respond to sexual assault cases, reporters Asia Fields and Taylor Blatchford connected with sexual assault survivors on different college campuses throughout Washington.
The reporters consulted with researchers who said that the pollution levels could lead to “health risks both in the short term and over the course of the monthslong burn season.”
